Certification of payment; Lieutenant Peter Gravenstine, in Captain Lewis Rushs Company, 1st Regiment Philadelphia Militia commanded by Colonel Francis Gurney called into service to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania 1794
Document 1799Certification of payment; $13.10 for retained rations to Lieutenant Peter Gravenstine, in Captain Lewis Rushs Company, 1st Regiment Philadelphia Militia commanded by Colonel Francis Gurney called into service to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania 1794
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Accountants Office
July 4. 1799
I Certify that there is due to John Jacobs
ferryman & the Crew of the Publick Ferrage employed at [undecipherable: probable reading "Mud"] Island
from the sum of thirty four Dollars being for his & their pay
for [undecipherable] 1799 — N.S.
[J.C.C. Inspector M.D.
Dist [undecipherable] —]
The Secry of War—
[undecipherable notation] July 2. 1799
I Certify that there is due to Peter Danneman
[undecipherable abbrev.] in Capt Dennis Rush's Company 1 Regt of Philadelphia Militia
commanded by Genl Francis Gurney ordered into Service to Suppress
an Insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania in 1794 —
the sum of Thirteen Dollars & [undecipherable] being for his [undecipherable] rations
from [undecipherable] Sept to [undecipherable] Dect 1794 — N.S.
[Dist [undecipherable] T[undecipherable]
The Secry of War—
[undecipherable notation]]
[undecipherable date/notation]
I Certify that there is due to [undecipherable] Brown [undecipherable]
in Capt Dennis Rushe's Compy 1 Regt of [undecipherable] Militia ordered out
to Suppress an Insurrection on the Western Counties of Pennsylvania
1794 the sum of three Dollars & [undecipherable] being for his rations
from the 14 Sept to 20 Dect 1794 — N.S.
[Dist [undecipherable]]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $13.10 for retained rations to Lieutenant Peter Gravenstine, in Captain Lewis Rushs Company, 1st Regiment Philadelphia Militia commanded by Colonel Francis Gurney called into service to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania 1794
Date
07/02/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799070222055
Page start
57
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Lieutenant Peter Gravenstine
Captain Lewis Rush
Company
1st Regiment Philadelphia Militia
command
accountant
Secretary of War
Colonel Francis Gurney
Notable locations
Philadelphia
western counties of Pennsylvania
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
retained rations
insurrection
Whiskey Rebellion

